- Drysdale River
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Drysdale River Origin Caroline Ranges Mouth Napier Broome Bay Basin countries Australia Length 432 kilometres (268 mi) [1] Source elevation 329 metres (1,079 ft) [2] Mouth elevation sea level Avg. discharge 1,080,553 ML/year[3] Basin area 26,019 square kilometres (10,046 sq mi)[4] Drysdale River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The river rises in the Caroline Ranges, flows in a northerly direction and discharges into Napier Broome Bay near Kalumburu. The river contains several permanent pools some of which have several examples of Indigenous Australian art known as Bradshaw paintings that can be found along the cliff faces.[5]
There are a total of 19 tributaries of the Drysdale including; Gibb River, Woodhouse River, Barton River, Tadarida Creek, Wax Creek, Curlew Creek, King David Creek, Ubach Creek and Damper Creek.
15% of the river's catchment area lies within Drysdale River National Park.[6]
The river was named after the Director of a Victorian Squatting Company T.A. Drysdale by explorer Charles Burrowes in 1886.
The traditional owners of the area that the river flows through are the Ngarinjin people.[7]
Coordinates: 13°56′17″S 126°48′55″E / 13.93806°S 126.81528°E
References
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Drysdale River, WA". 2008. http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&zix=r&p=212043&st=&s=Drysdale%20River&c=1&x=125%2E774191301876&y=%2D16%2E0202886929875&w=150032. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "Department of Water - Water Resources Data - Streamflow Sites- Drysdale River Solea Falls". 2008. http://kumina.water.wa.gov.au/waterinformation/wrdata/FLOW/807001/fst.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "Australian Natural Resource Atlas - Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Drysdale River". 2007. http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/land/carbon/wa/basin-drysdale-river.html. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "Bradshaw Foundation - Rock Art Archives". 2010. http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/bradshaws/kimberley1.php. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- ^ "National Water commission - Regional Water Resource Assessment - Drysdale River". 2005. http://www.water.gov.au/RegionalWaterResourcesAssessments/SpecificGeographicRegion/TabbedReports.aspx?PID=WA_SW_807. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2009. http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db/detail.php?id_search=392. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
Categories:- Rivers of Western Australia
- Kimberley (Western Australia)
- Western Australia geography stubs
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